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MIDIQuest is so convoluted with so many features that seem to have been glued to the original software piece by piece, that this program is nearly unusable without having to read the 82 page manual.ĭ-Erratic program Behaviour.
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You HAVE to read manual to do simple things, such as how to create a library (page 42). Even the free editor librarian JSynthLib has a graphical view of the envelopes, and you can even edit them graphically.Ĭ-User unfriendly, poorly designed, confusing interface. so if you want to edit them you have to guess the shape of the envelope by editing the pretty numbers. Here is a quick run down of MIDIQuest’s pros and cons.Ĭ-Has the ability to build and comment a voice library with different fields.ĭ-Can morph and generate new voices from existing patchesĮ-Able to edit all of TX81Z’s parameters and functions.ī-There is no graphical representation of the envelopes in the editor window.
the strange thing is that although they voices in the bank had the same names as the voices in the first bank i grabbed, they sounded completely different when i was auditioning them side to side. I rebooted the synth and grabbed another bank of 32 voices after clicking many times on the Get button in the TX81Z set window.
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this time, the unit displayed a MIDI Buffer Full error. I tried switching the unit to a different voice on a different bank and tried to grab the bank again. i have no idea how to grab any of the ROM banks as there is no place to to specify what bank from the TX81Z to download. Soon i was looking at a 32 voice bank from the unit and was able to open the voice editor and edit away.Įverything seemed fine, until i realized i had no idea what bank i downloaded and no idea how to grab any of the other banks.Īfter some investigating i realized the software only allows you to grab the 32 user voice bank. I tried grabbing a voice bank from the synth and it automatically initiated a dump. I opened the instrument and it communicated with the TX81Z. I grabbed the latest instrument definition from soundquest after failing to log into their cheesy ftp site a couple of times (who the hell is still using FTP? it takes eons to grab a few files using the program itself.
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Here is a round up of the usable PC (sorry, i don’t have a mac) editor / librarians i was able to find for the TX81Z:ġ – Sound Quest MIDI QUEST XL 10 Universal Editor and LibrarianĪfter trying MIDI QUEST with my Oberheim Matrix 1k, i was so disgusted with the software, that i uninstalled it from my computer, but i decided to reinstall it again and give it a shot with the Yamaha TX81Z. The question is: what software editor / librarian to use? I’ve had two year old computer power supplies go bad after their cheap chinese capacitors literally burst open… just think what will happen to all those cheap plastic digital synths made with 1 cent electronic componentsĪnyway, to continue my story, for a grand total of under $200, i got myself a used TX81Z, a used Filter Factory unit and over a thousand free patches i can modify to my hearts content. ever wonder why a used 35 year old Minimoog costs more than the latest digital Korg or Roland top of the line synths?Ģ-digital technology has yet to make anything that sounds like a real Minimoogģ-Do you really think any of the new cheesy, plastic, made-in-China digital synths are going to last 35 years? I’ve heard the latest and greatest Korg and Roland gear and i am not impressed. Some idiot asked me why i was “dabbling with old hardware” why didn’t I just “buy a MOTIF”Ī “MOTIF”. you should listen to the bass sounds i can pull out of the TX81Z by connecting it to an Electrix Filter Factory Filter Box. Before you say that FM synths suck and their sound is outdated.
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i purchased mine for around $33 plus shipping. One of the great things about this synth is that you can buy one used on Ebay CHEAP. Categories: Hardware, Software | 4 commentsįollowing last month’s Oberheim Matrix 1000 editor / librarian round up, i am doing a Xmas review featuring the Yamaha’s TX81Z, a 4 operator FM synth that has the honor of being the first FM synth to feature 7 waves with different harmonic overtones to be used as FM operators.
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